Seventh Generation

4573. Rosa Y. "Rosie" Taylor was born on 11 October 1885 in Nelson Co., VA. Rosie died in August 1982 at the age of 96 in Lyndhurst, Augusta Co., VA and was buried at Springdale Mennonite Church Cemetery in Waynesboro, Independent City, VA.¹⁴⁷⁵⁸

Obituary, Waynesboro, News Virginian, Nov. 18,1940

Mrs. Rosie Taylor Coffey, 58, died at her home near Lyndhurst, Saturday at 9 p.m. She was a native of Nelson County, the daughter of Martha Jane and William Taylor.

She is survived by her husband, Ernest, and ten children: seven sons Hubert, Gilbert, Willie, Perry, Wilson Earl and David, and three daughters, Nellie, Mary and Polly; one sister, Mrs. Emma Taylor, and two brothers, Henry and Tate Taylor.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at Springdale Mennonite Church, Rev. Joe Driver in charge. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Remains will be in the church cemetery. Remains are at her home where they will be until the hour for the service.

Rosa Y. "Rosie" Taylor and Earnest Drummond Coffey were married on 26 July 1904 in Nelson Co., VA.¹⁴⁷⁵⁹ They^{¹⁴⁷⁵⁹} appeared in the census on 26 April 1910 in South River Dist., Augusta Co., VA.¹⁴⁷⁶⁰ They^{¹⁴⁷⁶⁰} appeared in the census on 16 January 1920 on the Stuarts Draft-Waynesboro Pike in South River Dist., Augusta Co., VA.¹⁴⁷⁶¹ Rosie and Earnest^{¹⁴⁷⁶¹} appeared in the census on 29 April 1930 in South River Dist., Augusta Co., VA.¹⁴⁷⁶² Earnest Drummond Coffey, son of J. H. Vanvert Coffey and Mary Ann Coffey, was born on 16 September 1882 in Massies Mill, Nelson Co, VA. Earnest died in 1968 at the age of 86 in Virginia and was buried at Springdale Mennonite Church Cemetery in Waynesboro, Independent City, VA.¹⁴⁷⁶³

Rosa Y. "Rosie" Taylor and Earnest Drummond Coffey had the following children:

10157	i.	Herbert Less Coffey was born in 1909 in Lyndhurst, Augusta Co., VA. He lived with his parents in South River Dist., Augusta Co., VA on 29 April 1930. Herbert died in 1969 at the age of 60 in Lyndhurst, Augusta Co., VA and was buried at Springdale Mennonite Church Cemetery in Waynesboro, Independent City, VA.¹⁴⁷⁶⁴ Obituary, Waynesboro News Virginian, Jan. 21, 1969 Herbert L. Coffey, 62, of Lyndhurst died at 12:40 p.m. Sunday at Waynesboro Community Hospital. He was born on April 20, 1906, in Augusta County, a son of the late Ernest R. and Rosie Taylor Coffey. He was a farmer and a member of the Springdale Mennonite Church in Augusta County. Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Polly See of Waynesboro, Mrs. H. S. (Nellie) Clark of Stuarts Draft, and Mrs. Mary Hartless of Route 1, Waynesboro; five brothers, Gilbert Coffey of Lyndhurst, and Perry Coffey, Davis Lee Coffey and Wilson Coffey, all of Waynesboro, and Earl D. Coffey of Stuarts Draft; and a number of nieces and nephews. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Springdale Mennonite Church, conducted by the Rev. Harold Stoltzfus and the Rev. Wayne Lawton. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The body will remain at McDow-Tyree Funeral Home until an hour prior to the service. Pallbearers will be Andrew Brookman, T. O. Tench, Earl D. Snead, Daniel Strickler, Harold Fitzgerald, A. F. Weaver, Hayes W. See and Robert Hartman. The family will receive friends at the funeral home tonight from 7 to 8 p.m.
10158	ii.	Gilbert Coffey was born on 16 September 1909 in Virginia. Gilbert died of congestive heart failure and was buried at on 3 April 1977 at the age of 67 at Waynesboro Community Hospital in Waynesboro, Independent City, VA and was buried at Springdale Mennonite Church Cemetery in Waynesboro, Independent City, VA.^{14765,14766,14767}
+10159	iii.	William Vanvert "Willie" Coffey.
+10160	iv.	Nellie Ann Coffey.
+10161	v.	Perry Dodge Coffey Sr..
+10162	vi.	Davis Lee Coffey.
+10163	vii.	Wilson Monroe Coffey.
10164	viii.	Earl Drummond Coffey was born on 2 April 1921 in Nelson Co., VA. Earl died on 30 December 2003 at the age of 82 in Lyndhurst, Augusta Co., VA and was buried at White Hill Church of the Brethren Cemetery in Lyndhurst, Augusta Co., VA.^14768,14769 Earl Drummond Coffey Railroad retiree Stuarts Draft - Earl Drummond Coffey, 82, of 36 Gloucester Road, passed away Tuesday, (Dec. 30, 2003), at his residence. He was born April 2, 1921, in Augusta County, a son of the late Ernest and Rose Taylor Coffey. Mr. Coffey retired from Norfolk and Western Railroad and had a love for trains. He attended Springdale Mennonite Church. He had unconditional love for his family and was a great father, husband, father-in-law and grandfather who never met a stranger. A service will be conducted 11 a.m. Saturday at Springdale Mennonite Church by the Rev. Kathy Wenger and assisted by the Rev. James Chappell with burial following at the White Hill Church of the Brethren Cemetery.
+10165	ix.	Mary Jane Coffey.
+10166	x.	Polly Baro Coffey.